CVE-2013-6836

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ms_escher_get_data function in plugins/excel/ms-escher.c in GNOME Office Gnumeric before 1.12.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted xls file with a crafted length value.

Published: 2013-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6836 is rated Exploit Available (59/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.75%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-6836

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6836

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.16% 1.75% +0.59%
2 2025-03-30 2.03% 1.16% -0.87%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.03% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6836

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6836

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6836

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-6836 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gnumeric), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6836
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6836 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gnumeric), 13 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 6, ignored 5, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6836

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6836

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gnumeric <= 1.12.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gnumeric 1.12.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnumeric:1.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6836

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